Songs you originally liked because you thought it was somebody else singing them

[FORD]

I don't think a thread like this has been done in the House of Music before. So here's the idea....

Post a YouTube of a song you heard, and liked (or even hated, for that matter) because you thought it sounded like somebody else singing it.

Many of you may recall my frequent mentions of a band called the 77s. This is the song that got me interested in them in the first place, way back in 1982, because I thought at the time that it was a new single from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. The lead vocals, harmonies, Byrds-like lead guitar, were all very reminiscent of what Petty was doing at the time. Of course this video wasn't on eMpTyV at the time either, or obviously I could have seen it wasn't them.....

(Yeah, I know this video reeks of early 80's cheezy production, but the song is still great)

[FORD]

12 years later, the 77's put this one out. I had the album when it was first released, so I knew who it was, but several of my friends thought this was the Stones when I played it on my car stereo. And it would easily have fit on Voodoo Lounge, which came out right about the same time.....

[chefcraig]

Me and a few million other people thought this was a Ringo song when it first came out. If the clip doesn't function, lemme know and I'll fix it when I get home from work.

I also liked America's "Horse With No Name" because I thought it was a Neil Young tune, but I'll be damned if I want to hear it again, let alone post it.

[FORD]

But this thread isn't all about the 77s. How many people thought this band's only US hit was either Genesis or a Phil Collins solo hit?

[SNIPER]

This was my favorite song for many years. I always thought it was Slayer. Imagine the shock I felt when I found out it was not.

[FORD]

Me and a few million other people thought this was a Ringo song when it first came out. If the clip doesn't function, lemme know and I'll fix it when I get home from work.



I also liked America's "Horse With No Name" because I thought it was a Neil Young tune, but I'll be damned if I want to hear it again, let alone post it.

Yep. I thought the same thing about both of those. And I still have a copy of "America's Greatest Hits" on vinyl somewhere, though I can't remember buying it, so it must have been my sister's originally, or something.

[FORD]

This was my favorite song for many years. I always thought it was Slayer. Imagine the shock I felt when I found out it was not.

Especially when you play it backwards and it says "SATAN RAPES LITTLE BABY KOALA BEARS!!!"

[kwame k]

Not that I thought it but remember that horrible rip-off band Kingdom Come......

They released the song without saying what the name of the band was, IIRC!

[FORD]

How many Zep-clone videos from the 80's are we gonna see in this thread?

[SNIPER]

Not that I thought it but remember that horrible rip-off band Kingdom Come......

They released the song without saying what the name of the band was, IIRC!

Then they opened up on the 1988 Van Gaygar Monsters of Pop tour.

[kwame k]

Then they opened up on the 1988 Van Gaygar Monsters of Pop tour.

Sadly, I was there.....stayed out in the parking lot til their set was over, though!

[kwame k]

How many Zep-clone videos from the 80's are we gonna see in this thread?

I'll narrow it down to say.......'83 to '86

[SNIPER]

Sadly, I was there.....stayed out in the parking lot til their set was over, though!

Yeah, Me too..

[Matt White]

Sadly, I was there.....stayed out in the parking lot til their set was over, though!

PONTIAC SILVER DOME 1988.....so much traffic downtown I got out of the car...walked 2 blocks to the liquor store & bought a case of beer...walked out and jumped back in the car!!!

Also advoided seeing KINGDOME CLONE......they sucked DOG BALLS....


went in to see METALLICA DESTROY the place....should have left right then!

[kwame k]

Yeah, Me too..

Other than the opener and the headline act it was a good show........

Metallica blew everyone's mind here in Detroit.....Pontiac Silver Dome, to be exact!